Saturday, May 2, 2009

Our holiday and my special PIF!

We had a great time during our holiday last week. Nice and sometimes warm wether and I had time to stitch also.

This was our cottage for the week:



We did a lot of "exercise" in this week: soccer, jumping on the airtrampoline, badminton and swimming. We went to the zoo and to the Efteling. Here are a couple of pictures:

Emma and Dorine walking around in the little forrest around there:


Jumping on the airtrampoline:


Our daily swimming, we are glad that both of them had at least one swimmingcertificate:


Playing soccer with daddy ofcourse:


My stitching progresses; I thought I had some more stitching done, but the light was terrible, so it didn't go very fast.

Baubles April from SamSarah:


Mary Margaret from Carriage House Samplings:


And ofcourse A Needlework Garden SAL, look a the link on the right. I will put the picture there later on.

And now it's time for my special PIF:

There were 5 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

1. Patti
2. Mylene
3. Jan
4. Terri
5. Loraine

As you can see I have five names now, so.....

I decided to stitch something for all five of you, ladies!
So please email me your address, you can find it in my profile.

Also the latest news on my father:
He went home on Friday the 24th of April!!!! Yes, it's true. He's doing great and we all hope that this will last for a long time. Very strong man!!!!

Till next time...
Lots of hugs and love.

10 comments:

Mylene said...

Glad to hear you all have a wonderful time and great pictures. Thanks for sharing them.

Good to hear your father is doing well.

wow! thanks for being included in your PIF list. Will send my addy later.

Very good progress on your stitching but sorry to hear about the light.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Siobhán said...

I'm so glad to hear that your father is doing better! :)

Your vacation home looks wonderful--sounds like you had a great time!

I am in awe of your progress on Mary Margaret! Wow! YGG! I am going to have to drag her back out and get working. Thanks for the inspiration! Your other WIPs look great, too.

Chocolates4Breakfast (Terri ~ Boog) said...

Oh Carin! I am so glad to hear your father is doing better! I know that is a huge relief to you! I LOVE the cabin you stayed in while on vacation - it's so darn cute! Your WIPs, especially Mary Margaret look fantastic! I am so excited to be one of your PIF recipients! That's a lot of not for yourself work to do!
Do you still need me to send you my address? Thanks so much - I can't wait to see what you come up with for each person.
Hugs,
T~

Jan said...

Carin, such great news to read about your father!! Prayers are answered!:)

So happy to be a recipient of your PIF, I will email soon. You are so sweet!

I love the cottage you stayed in, what a wonderful vacation for the family to have together. Your Mary Margaret is almost done, it looks like, I love it, as I do the other wips you shared! Have a wonderful weekend!

Anonymous said...

I'm glad you had a good time Carin, but even more glad to hear that your father is home, that's great news! :)

Deb said...

That's such great news about your father! And your cabin looks like it was so restful and from your pictures, that a good time was had! Love your progress on Mary Margaret.

Patricia Lessell said...

Wow you have a lot to be thankful for right now. So glad your dad is doing so well. It looks like you had a great holiday that's for sure. I'm so pleased because you really deserved it. Lots and lots of Love Patti xxx

Conny said...

Glad to read that you have enjoyed your vacation. So glad to hear that your dad is doing well.
Wish you a wonderful weekend!

Loraine said...

I'm so honored to have won your special PIF. What a sweetheart you are for doing that. I'm thrilled to hear your Dad is doing better. That is really good news.
Love the progress on your samplers. They look wonderful!

Kajsa said...

It looks wonderful! Your stitching is so nice too!